Ghant v. Morrow

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge, Middle Section.

The captioned defendants have appealed from a non-jury judgment in favor of the captioned plaintiff for $6,044.24 for wrongfully cutting timber on the property of plaintiff.

Defendants state the issue on appeal as follows:

Did the Court err in applying the harsh rule as the measure of damages as opposed to the mild rule as the measure of damages for the negligent cutting of timber. Plaintiff presents the issue of the inade-

quacy of the judgment.

The Trial Court determined that the plaintiff was the owner of the land from which the timber was removed.…